Precisionsound Releases Greek Lira For HALion & NI Kontakt
October 12, 2006
The Lira (kemance) is a traditional Greek instrument used in Mediterranean folk music—a small 3 stringed instrument played with a bow and with a quiet limited tonal range.
Precisionsound decided to sample the Lira in a way that makes it more like a universal "ethno violin." As a result, the articulations represented in this SampleSet are more "over the top" than the actual instrument is used for traditionally. For example; pizzicato and staccato playing is not, traditionally often or at all, played with this type of instrument.
The articulations are:
- Regular unlooped notes
- Legato unlooped notes
- Staccato
- Pizzicato
- Tremolo
- Glides
- Effects
The SampleSet contains 254 24-bit WAV files divided into 28 programs for NI Kontakt and 25 programs for HALion.
Both formats are included when you buy Greek Lira.
Greek Lira costs $49 (+$11 if you want it on CD). For more information, visit their web site at www.precisionsound.net.
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